Contradiction vs Dissonance - What's the difference?
contradiction | dissonance |
(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
a harsh, discordant combination of sounds
(music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
a state of disagreement or conflict
As nouns the difference between contradiction and dissonance
is that contradiction is (uncountable) the act of contradicting while dissonance is a harsh, discordant combination of sounds.contradiction
English
(wikipedia contradiction)Noun
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
